News

Some Upcoming Awesomeness

I had two really big deal pieces of news come my way recently. The first is that Richard Peabody has accepted one of my stories to be featured in an upcoming anthology of Washington area women's fiction published by his press, Paycock Press. I'm really excited about this because he already has some amazing women writers on board for this anthology, and it is sure to be a good one.

The second is that after sending them nearly everything I've ever written (and being rejected--kindly rejected, but still rejected--each time), Mid-American Review accepted one of my stories for publication. I LOVE Mid-American Review. I'm still kind of freaking out about this news. Ahhhhh!!!!

 

Short List News

My story "Only a Number," published by decomP in September 2009, was noted on Wigleaf's Short List for their Top 50 of 2009. Also, my short story "Like Everyone Else" made storySouth's list of Notable Online Stories of 2009. Sweet!

March Publications
I was lucky enough to have three new stories published in March. The lovely and talented Laura Ellen Scott was guest editor of Everyday Genius this month and published my prose poem "Day 72" there.

I was also honored to be in the amazing all-flash issue of JMWW for my story "Small Craft Warning." And honestly, if you haven't read the issue yet, you need to. Kick ass stories from Erin Fitzgerald, Sheldon Lee Compton, Matt Bell, Meg Pokrass, Scott Garson, Robert Swartwood and others.

Third, I was extremely excited to have my etiquette story, "The Etiquette of Adultery," published over at Necessary Fiction. This is the first in what I hope is a series of 'etiquette of atrocities' stories if I can pull them off.

New Story In Latest SmokeLong
My time as the Kathy Fish Fellow at SLQ is almost up. I've thoroughly enjoyed the year, and have been really productive because of the fellowship. I'd like to thank all of the editors there for their help and encouragement this year.

My last story of the year, "When the Cicadas Come," is now live in the new issue, along with other great stories from writers such as Sean Lovelace, Brandi Wells and James Tadd Adcox. Read it!

I Get To Be a Guest Editor for SmokeLong!
Dave Clapper is doing a cool new addition to SLQ where he asks different editors and writers to be guest editors for a week and pick a submission they want to publish. I recently signed up for a week in early January, which I'm super excited about. I think it will be fun to go through the slush briefly, without getting bogged down by it. It's like a fresh snowfall--you get to play in it before it gets dirty and mushy and dreary.

New Story, Postcard Up on Wigleaf
Scott Garson was kind enough to publish my short, "Where My Boyfriend Lives" on Wigleaf this week. I first wrote this story about six years ago for a prose poem class I took with Eric Pankey at Mason. It actually got accepted for publication at Northern Virginia Magazine at one point, but then they discontinued the feature and never published my story.

I'm glad it finally found a home here!

 

My AARP story, "Learning Curves," is Published!
I had the pleasure of interviewing the delightful Lee Talbot for an article in AARP The Magazine. Dr. Talbot is a professor at George Mason University in environmental science, but he's also a professional racing car driver. Oh, and he's 80 years old. He's definitely one of the coolest people I've ever met.

Read about his amazing adventures here, and make sure to check out the photo gallery!